Media &amp; Communications

Former Boris Johnson aide Guto Harri becomes News International director of communications. P10
Leader: in praise of BBC1 legal drama Silk. P22
The readers' editor on how should we define 'in the public interest'. P23
Dan Sabbagh: there is more than money invested in Facebook's success. p24
CBBC: dedicated channel or kids' ghetto? P24
Media Monkey: Sony Radio Academy Awards and more. P24
Interview: BBC director of London 2012, Roger Mosey. P26
Obituary: Emmy award winning director Paul Bogart. P31
Martin Kelner on the UEFA Champions League final on Sky and ITV. Sport, P14
TV review: UEFA Champions League final. G2, P21

Mark Zuckerberg surprises friends with wedding. P9
Olympic branding crackdown has "lost sense of proportion". P13
Chinese TV host rails against "foreign trash". P31
Newspaper Marketing Agency rebrands as "Newsworks". P55

Former Boris Johnson aide Guto Harri becomes News International director of communications. P2
Mark Zuckerberg's secret wedding. P11
Is Facebook really worth $100bn? P12
Twitter block over Islam 'blasphemy'. P17
Chinese TV host's online blast at "foreign trash". P19
Newspaper Marketing Agency rebrands as "Newsworks". P41
Claire Beale on advertising - all Facebook needs now is revenue. P41

Mark Zuckerberg wedding. P7
BBC to dramatise life of first world war pacifist and writer. P11
BBC is practically run by baby boom women says Julie Walters. P11
Pakistan blocks Twitter in blasphemy row. P14
Rupert Murdoch in new shareholder row. B1
WPP may move to Singapore to save tax. B2
Wall Street fears over Facebook share price. B3

The Times

Mark Zuckerberg wedding. P3
Facebook float is end of Silicon Valley as we know it. P41

Pakistan blocks Twitter. P8
Interview: Google chief business officer Nikesh Arora. P14
Samsung and Apple patent battle gets personal. P19

Glitches mar Facebook's stock debut. P19
Apple and Samsung chief executives to meet on patents. P19
China clears Google's purchase. P21
Microsoft wins ruling on Motorola. P12
Facebook - ties to users' identity may support firm's share price. P22
Facebook launch splutters in anticlimax. P23
Facebook may hurt social media offers. P26
Bing gets more sleek and more social. P29

Boris spin chief joins Murdoch. P1
Mark Zuckerberg wedding. P11
Tory minister David Willetts to speak at Google's conference. P12
Peter McKay - the unacceptable Facebook of capitalism. P17
BBC1's The Voice branded a "shambles". P25
BBC Radio 4 series unveils the "new Elizabethans". P29
BBC reporter in stand-off with Manchester City over victory parade. P77

Battle to save BBC1's The Voice as ratings dive. P9
Mark Zuckerberg wedding. P19

The Sun

The X Factor offers fast-track auditions to top acts. P1
Justin Bieber's Facebook page hacked. P3
Mark Zuckerberg wedding. P11
The Voice results leaked. TVBIZ, P1

Engelbert gets the hump with BBC1's Panorama. P11
BBC1's The Voice gaffe. P15
Mark Zuckerberg wedding. P19
Jim Shelley on TV. P23
Ant, Dec and Donna Air at Byker Grove reunion. P31

BBC1's The Voice in crisis. P1, 5
No pay rises for Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly on Strictly Come Dancing. P5
BBC's Panorama reporters ambush Engelbert Humperdinck over decision to do Eurovision. P25

And finally ...

Doctor Who fans who really don't like spoilers of any sort, look away now. Are you looking away now? Good. The Daily Star reveals that an episode of the new series of the BBC1 show will be their own version of the blockbuster Snakes on a Plane called Dinosaurs on a Spaceship. An insider tells the paper: "When we said we had a monster series lined up, we meant it." Do you see what they've done there? We can only hope it gets better critical notices than the Samuel L Jackson film, else it risks ending up as a Turkey On The Box. DAILY STAR, P41

Also on MediaGuardian.co.uk today

Sue Akers to retire from Met
Officer in charge of phone-hacking inquiry will leave after London 2012 Olympics, Scotland Yard has announced

Facebook narrowly avoids dip below starting price in mixed first day of IPO
Social network giant ends day at $38.23 (£24), up just 0.61% from its starting price after share sale got off to a messy start

Message to advertisers - farewell newspapers, hello newsbrands
Re-branded marketing body recognises changed media landscape

Pakistan blocks Twitter amid blasphemy fears
Twitter closed after it refused to remove tweets promoting a page urging people to post images of prophet Muhammad

Facebook staff celebrate multi-million dollar windfall outside the limelight
As the social network floated on the stock market, its employees marked the occasion with discretion – and onion rings

Chloe Sevigny to star as transgender hitman in new Sky drama
Hit & Miss to run for six episodes on Sky Atlantic as part of channel's investment in British shows

Facebook users file class action suit in US over web tracking
Users of the social network have filed a $15bn class action complaint over data collection

Tajikistan bans The Dictator
Sacha Baron Cohen spoof denied distribution licence over fears film is incompatible with central Asian country's mentality

Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg college messages reveal steely ambition
Instant messages sent to college friends in 2004 paint Facebook founder in unflattering light

Vyclone video app aims to out-social Viddy and Socialcam
New iPhone app connects people shooting videos of the same event, and edits their footage together

Huntsworth reports 3.8% revenue growth
PR and healthcare group's revenue rise fuelled by almost 20% growth at subsidiary Red

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Today's headlines

Adele wins Ivor Novello award. P8
Sir Harold Evans at Leveson. P11
Communications green paper on hold. P11
Facebook ready for biggest ever technology float. P26
Warren Buffet spends £90m on US local newspapers. P26

Media organisations win legal battle over Dale Farm footage. P15
Sir Harold Evans at Leveson. P25
Obituary: Daniel Salem, former Conde Nast executive. P47
Facebook soothes privacy concerns ahead of IPO. P51
Pinterest raises $100m. P55

Sir Harold Evans at Leveson. P8
Media organisations win legal battle over Dale Farm footage. P19
Facebook has $104bn valuation. P49

Rebekah Brooks could challenge charges over QC. P2
Media organisations win legal battle over Dale farm footage. P16
Facebook backers cash out at IPO. Business P3
Pinterest secures $100m in funding. Business P3

The Times

Facebook valued at $104bn. P1, 8, 9
Media organisations win legal battle over Dale farm footage. P6
Sir Harold Evans at Leveson. P19
Warren Buffet buys 63 newspapers. P37, 44

Facebook valued at $104bn. P1
Warren Buffet buys 63 local newspapers in US. P18
Investor dissent at UTV. P20

Facebook valued at more than $100bn. P1, 15, 21

Media organisations win legal battle over Dale Farm footage. P6
Dannii Minogue rejects deal to return to The X Factor. P13
Facebook set to create 1,000 millionaires. P33
Facebook stock demand set to raise $16bn. P74

Dallas to return to TV. P31

The Sun

Dannii Minogue rejects deal to return to X Factor. P3
Tim VIne to quit BBC1's Not Going Out. TV Biz P1

Dannii Minogue turns down deal to return to The X Factor. P3

Dannii Minogue rejects The X Factor deal. P1, 5

And finally ...

It is a factoid that is surely destined for pub quiz immortality: Which literary character has been portrayed more times than any other in film and television? According to Guinness World Records, Sherlock Holmes has been depicted on the big and small screen a monster 254 times. Shakespeare's Hamlet is the runner-up with 206 appearances. Daily Mail P5

Also on MediaGuardian.co.uk today

Dale Farm: broadcasters do not have to reveal eviction footage, court rules
High court says BBC and Sky News do not have to hand over footage of the Dale Farm eviction to police

Buffett buys US local newspaper group
Media General owns 63 local newspapers across south-east US and is Buffett's second print news purchase in a year

Twitter to use Do Not Track
Social network to honour requests from users who do not want online behaviour recorded – unlike Google and Facebook. By Charles Arthur

TalkSport owner UTV Media faces shareholder upset over chief executive
More than a third failed to support the re-appointment of John McCann after resignations and a difficult few months

Charles Clarke's former aide to sue over alleged phone hacking at NoW
Met has told Hannah Pawlby she was targeted by News International while Clarke was home secretary

Twitter court case defendant pledges to stop 'fantasy' tweets about oil firm
Spencer Freeman tells judge he will halt hoax information against Gulf Keystone Petroleum that led to share price collapse

London Olympics 2012 diver Tom Daley to launch iPhone app
British 18-year-old who made the finals in Beijing aims to raise awareness of the sport

Wapping finds a buyer now that the fortress has become a village
News International's headquarters to be sold to housing developer

Mentorn Media retains Question Time contract
BBC1 current affairs programme will be made by London-based independent producer for another three years

Ocean Outdoor sold to the private equity arm of Lloyds bank for £35m
Outdoor ad firm owns sites such as London's Imax, Eat Street at Westfield and Two Towers West on Hammersmith flyover

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Elsevier - Executive Editor, Social Media Content
Kidlington, Oxford, UK or New York, USA/permanent/full time

Stonewall - Communications Officer
London/permanent/full time

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Today's headlines

Jack Straw tells of cosy train chats with Rebekah Brooks. P4
Marie Colvin tribute. P13
BBC1 drops Blue Peter. P14
Facebook listing set to raise $16bn. P27

Blue Peter taken off BBC1 after 54 years. P9
Marie Colvin honoured. P17

Facebook hacker jailed for a year. P3
Blue Peter dropped from BBC1. P18
Marie Colvin tribute. P21
Facebook IPO to rise by 25%. P42
Yell buys Moonfruit for £23m. P43

British hacker jailed for US Facebook attack. P2
BBC banishes Blue Peter to a TV "ghetto". P15
Jack Straw tells of train chats with Rebekah Brooks. P16
Rebekah Brooks met PM 40 times, says Kelvin Mackenzie. P16
Facebook IPO. P21
Feature on the pensioner DJs. P24
Extra 85m Facebook shares at eleventh hour. Business, P1, 3

The Times

Facebook IPO. P31
Pearson buys Certiport for $140m. P42
News International to sell Wapping to Berkeley Group. P47
Cineworld reports 5% rise in revenue. P46

Facebook's early backers plan to sell extra $3bn of shares in IPO. P1, 20
BBC confirms Blue Peter digital switch. P4
Google to unveil new search facility. P20
News International to sell Wapping to Berkeley Group. P23

Facebook shareholders selling $3.8bn extra shares. P1, 22, 32

Chris Evans mauls Chris Moyles in BBC breakfast radio ratings. P11
Interview with Sony radio award winners Betty and Beryl. P15
Blue Peter sent into digital exile. P33
Cineworld admissions grow 3.3% in first four months. P65
Yell in £18m deal to buy Moonfruit. P66

BBC1 drops Blue Peter in cutbacks. P19
Cineworld revenues increase in first four months. P51

The Sun

BBC1 drops Blue Peter after 53 years. P21
Marie Colvin tribute. P27

Blue Peter to be dropped from BBC1. P1, 7
BBC1 to launch The Paradise, a rival to ITV's Mr Selfridge. P3
Jack Straw tells of train chats with Rebekah Brooks. P9
Chris Evans remains king of breakfast radio. P11
Marie Colvin tribute. P11
Cineworld announces revenue increase. P58

BGT coverage. P3

And finally ...

Pudsey is getting fat. The four-legged Britain's Got Talent winner loves a ham and cheese snack, but since finding fame and fortune he is being showered in treats. Just yesterday he was fed a string of cheese balls for posing for photographs. Owner Ashleigh Butler has put aside plans to buy a spangly lead and a caravan and has put a £500 doggie treadmill at the top of the list. Apparently the pooch needs to be in shape in "body-conscious Tinseltown" when he tries to crack Los Angeles. The Sun TVbiz, P1

Also on MediaGuardian.co.uk today

Facebook Nasdaq flotation set to raise $16bn
Facebook's stock exchange debut increases by 25% as demand for shares pushes early backers to cash in

Blue Peter to be ditched from BBC1
Kids' programming to move to CBBC and CBeebies as shows struggle against TV aimed at adults

BBC halves local radio cuts
Corporation to drop plans for sharing afternoon shows as it reduces target from £15m to £8m

Mentorn Media retains Question Time contract
BBC1 current affairs programme will be made by London-based independent producer for another three years

Ocean Outdoor sold to the private equity arm of Lloyds bank for £35m
Outdoor ad firm owns sites such as London's Imax, Eat Street at Westfield and Two Towers West on Hammersmith flyover

Silk returns with a smooth 5.6m viewers
BBC1 legal drama starring Maxine Peake and Rupert Penry-Jones watched by 23.9% share of audience

Cineworld hopes films such as Prometheus will give summer boost
Cinema chain looks to compete against Euro 2012 and Olympics as box office take rises 8.6% in first four months of the year

Center Parcs' families advert banned by ASA
Firm's TV campaign featured two adults and two children despite offer being for mid-week breaks outside school holidays

Greenpeace reprimanded over 'irresponsible' ad campaign
Website campaign called for donations to support direct action protests against power station chimneys

Paddy Power's 'transgendered ladies' ad banned by ASA
Bookmaker says it has been the victim of an orchestrated campaign over the ad, which attracted more then 400 complaints

ISPs told to come clean on broadband speeds
TalkTalk and BT the worst offenders in mystery shopping exercise that showed broadband companies often fail to offer a speed quote to potential customers

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Elsevier - Executive Editor, Social Media Content
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Today's headlines

Rebekah Brooks charged. P1, 3, 4
BBC Olympic coverage. P10
Twitter reaches 10m users in the UK. P13
Facebook raises initial public offering price. P27
Apple fails to halt lawsuit over ebook pricing. P30

Leveson calls Hunt and advisor. P1
Rebekah Brooks charged. P1, 2, 3
UK Twitter users hit 10m. P5
Chris Moyles to appear in Jesus Christ Superstar. P9
BBC Olympics coverage. P14
Facebook IPO. P52

Rebekah Brooks charged. P1, 4
BBC Olympic coverage. P17
UK reaches 10m Twitter users. P21
Facebook IPO. P41

Rebekah Brooks charged. P1, 4
BBC accused of dumbing down Young Musician competition. P7
Paddy Power censured for transgendered ladies TV ad. P11
Benetton settles Pope ad row. Business, P2
New legal threat to Apple over ebooks. Business, P3
Facebook lifts IPO price range. Business, P3
Groupon makes first quarterly profit. Business, P5

The Times

Rebekah Brooks pledges to fight charges. P1
Leveson to question Jeremy Hunt and aide. P12
News Corp refuses Rebekah Brooks access to emails. P13
Facebook lifts IPO price range. P35
Northern & Shell to convert print works into houses. P41

Rebekah Brooks attacks hacking conspiracy charge. P1, 2, 17
Northern & Shell to convert print works into houses. P15
Facebook lifts IPO price range. P17
Groupon reports first quarterly profit. P32

Rebekah Brooks charged. P3
Facebook IPO. P14

Rebekah Brooks charged. P6, 7
Britney Spears to be judge on US X Factor. P21
BBC receives complaints over foie gras on cooking programme. P25
Center Parcs TV ad banned. P26
Facebook IPO. P66, 67

Britney Spears to be judge on US X Factor. P1, 8
Rebekah Brooks charged. P7
Facebook IPO. P51

The Sun

Rebekah Brooks charged. P12
Facebook IPO. P42
Huey Morgan in awards Twitter rant. TVbiz, P1

Rebekah Brooks charged. P1, 4, 5
Facebook IPO. P18

Rebekah Brooks charged. P1, 7
Paddy Power transgender ladies TV ad banned. P9

And finally ...

Richard Desmond knows an opportunity when he sees one. The Channel 5 owner is aiming to cash in on Pudsey-mania in the wake of his Britain's Got Talent win. Pudsey has been put top of a wish list to appear in Big Brother this summer. Apparently Pudsey and owner Ashleigh Butler would put housemates "through their paces" in tasks. Daily Star, P15

Also on MediaGuardian.co.uk today

Former BBC Trust chairman says search for new DG should be widened
Sir Michael Lyons says there is not one standout successor to Mark Thompson within the corporation

Facebook raises price range ahead of IPO
Social network has raised price target to $34-$38 a share, potentially valuing the company at more than $100bn

Olympics: BBC to 'never miss a moment'
Gary Lineker and Sue Barker to head coverage, which will take in 26 TV channels, three radio stations and the internet

Operation Elveden: two further arrests
Metropolitan police arrest a man and woman over alleged corrupt payments to public officials

Perform buys data company RunningBall
Soprts rights company buys real-time data firm in deal worth up to £95m

Facebook 'co-creator' continues legal action over The Social Network
Aaron Greenspan will fight on despite judge dismissing copyright infringement claims relating to book on which film is based

Journalism Foundation throws a party to raise funds
Gala event will auction off star lots

Britney Spears will join Simon Cowell as judge on US X Factor
Singer joins Demi Lovato and LA Reid on talent show panel

Syria releases journalists – but more remain in jail
Press freedom watchdogs call for all media workers to be freed

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Elsevier - Executive Editor, Social Media Content
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Stonewall - Communications Officer
London/permanent/full time

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Today's headlines

Leveson presses Downing Street over Coulson vetting. P1
Rebekah Brooks to learn if she faces criminal charges. P1, 10, 11
Ex-civil service chief critical of Jeremy Hunt. P10
Richard Keys and Andy Gray win Sony radio award. P12
China Daily to publish African edition. P19
Almost half of investors refuse to back UBM's pay report. P23

Leveson coverage. P1, 8
Pensioners triumph at Sony radio awards. P3

Rebekah Brooks to learn if she faces criminal charges. P1
Pensioners triumph at Sony radio awards. P1, 5, 21
Jeremy Hunt criticised by former top civil servant. P8
Channel 4 posts £42m loss at its flagship network. Business, P3
UBM investors unhappy at pay deal. Business, P5
Yahoo chief departs. Business, P5

The Times

Mark Zuckerberberg wears a hoodie. P29
UBM investors anger at pay report. P36

Rebekah Brooks to learn if she faces criminal charges. P2
Facebook must make a success of mobile. P19
News Corp deal expands China film footprint. P18
Vivendi plans cost cuts at SFR division. P21
Apple changes iPad 4G adverts. P23

Cancer diagnosis adds twist to Yahoo exit. P17
Apple sets big iCloud upgrade. P18
Activision turns to old classics to drive revenue. P18
Vivdendi earning slide. P19
Facebook, Groupon and Zynga buy 21 firms in first quarter. P20
Publicis buys Chinese firm. P24
News Corp expands footprint in China film market. P24

Next series of BBC's The Voice heading for changes. P19
Pensioners triumph at Sony radio awards. P25
UBM shareholders revolt over pay. P67

Next BBC chief must be a Tory says Boris Johnson. P4
Louis Walsh criticises The Voice. P6

The Sun

Facebook co-founder gives up US citizenship for tax reasons. P41
Gordon Ramsay to run a hotel for Channel 4 show. TVbiz, P1

Rebekah Brooks to learn if she faces criminal charges. P6
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie to work on project together. P11